Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they had very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

Feb. 10,2007
5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel, packed bags. Took taxi to airport.
7:30	Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.
8:30	Plane landed. Waited for luggage for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.
9:45	Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.
10:00	Started out to attend the meeting with fans and give an interview to the local reporters.
11:00	Went to radio station to attend the live show.
12:00	Had lunch with local producer.
13:00	Went to the theatre and reported for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good, but the band did poorly.
17:00	Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00	Had supper, but eat little.
18:30	Went to theatre again and got read for show.
19:00	Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.
22:00	Show was over. Very tired from it.
23:00	Bach to hotel. Took a bath. Too exited to sleep, so watched TV.
0:00	Fell a sleep, with TV on.

【小题1】According to the chart, the pop star was a_____.

A．singer

B．dancer

C．player

D．pianist

【小题2】According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at ______.

A．6:30

B．7:00

C．7:30

D．8:00

【小题3】How long did he spend on his way to the place his performance?

A．one hour	B．Two hours
C．four hours and three quarters	D．One hour and a quarter.

【小题4】At the radio station, the pop star ______ .

A．Showed fans how to become famous

B．gave a performance on the air

C．met fans and singed for them

D．told people how he lived his life

【小题5】From this passage, we get to know that _____.

A．not all people like pop stars

B．pop stars have their own bands

C．fans are troublesome for pop stars

D．to be a pop stars is not all fun

Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He’s very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.

Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there and could do anything they wanted. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villagers’ help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, “I’ll cut you down with a knife!”

The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, “You’re trying to open a wrong door, Paul!”

“Sorry, I can’t agree with you, Charlie!” said the young man, “It’s my room. You’ve entered it by mistake!”

1. Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because ______.

A. It was very quiet there

B. there were many fish there

C. they could forget all the trouble   

D. they could do what they wanted

2. Paul couldn’t open the door because ______.

A. it wasn’t his room                                           B. he couldn’t find the right key

C. he didn’t find the keyhole                                 D. he was too hungry to do it

3.Charlie opened the door to ______.

A. help Paul                                                      B. stop Paul making the noise

C. see what happened outside                              D. call the police station

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Paul thought he did right.

B. Paul didn’t know where he lived.

C. Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor.

D. Paul thought he had reached the sixth  

 

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to___    an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to rain．The rain had not stopped___ ____the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was      on the seat in front of her.

    A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

    Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt  __ ____ for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant _      the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

    When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she        to buy another as a present for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her       and had lunch in a restaurant.

    In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she     that, by a curious coincidence(巧合)，she was sitting next to the woman who had made her feel      that morning.

    That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good __   ,” she said.

1.A. keep        B. bring       C. take          D. leave

2.A. before       B. until       C. though             D. when

3.A. hanging     B. appearing   C. dropping           D. losing

4.A. angry      B. sorry       C. lucky         D. glad

5.A. reply      B．call        C. suggestion           D. look

6.A．promised   B. decided     C. agreed         D. remembered

7.A. hiking      B. shopping    C. trying         D. searching

8.A. meant      B. explained   C. saw           D. forgot

9.A. jealous     B. bored      C. satisfied        D. uncomfortable

10.A. day        B. meal       C .Journey        D. present

 

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小题1】Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

【小题2】Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

【小题3】Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

【小题4】At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.

B．10.

C．11.

D．16.

It was a Sunday afternoon. It was very____and nobody wanted to stay at home. Mike decided to go swimming in the river. His brother, Jim, wanted to go with him. "____him with you, Mike," said their father. "He will do what you say, I think."

They got____the river quickly. A lot of people were____in it. Mike told Jim

to play on the bank, then he____into the water. About an hour later, Mike swam to the bank with a fish in his hand. Jim was very____. He found a bottle and put the fish in it.

Jim did____except watch the fish that evening. Suddenly Mike heard Jim____in the room. He ran to him and asked, "What's wrong____you, Jim?"

"The fish has died (????)." Jim said, "I thought it was____. So I took it out of the bottle and put it on the chair. I only wanted it to have a rest."

1.A. warm          B. hot          C. cool         D. cold

2.A. Carry          B. Bring        C. Take         D. Catch

3.A. to             B. at           C. of           D. for

4.A. washing        B. running      C. resting       D. swimming

5.A. ran            B. walked       C. fell          D. jumped

6.A. happy          B. angry        C. sad          D. sorry

7.A. everything      B. something    C. nothing       D. anything

8.A. singing         B. crying       C. smiling       D. laughing

9.A. with           B. from         C. to           D. on

10.A. hungry        B. free         C. tired         D. busy